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West Virginia

MadCrow

(155 posts)

7. How long have these tanks been leaking?

Reply to Lasher (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2014, 12:52 PM

Jan 2014

My daughter works for WV Air Quality Control. Her office got a call on Thursday morning about a "licorice" smell and sent some inspectors from their office to investigate. They are the ones that found the leak. I wonder how long it would have leaked if the chemical MCHM hadn't had a distinctive odor. Luckily she lives in a city nearby that has its own water supply so she isn't personally affected.

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Nothing on Friends of Animals, dgibby Jan 2014 #10

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How long have these tanks been leaking? MadCrow Jan 2014 #7

That's a good question, nobody seems to know. Lasher Jan 2014 #8

Sorry? MadAnne Jan 2014 #12